Entries tagged with "children"

Newest center moves into new offices

Kerri Cole, project coordinator for The Center of Excellence for Food Safety Research in Child Nutrition Programs, shows off the center’s new digs in Justin Hall 118A and new logo.

Chuck Smith explains how mother-child bond plays role in child’s development

It’s little wonder that a child gravitates toward the mother, says Chuck Smith, professor in family studies and human services. After all, mothers represent a child’s bond to the world and the understanding of it.

$4.5 million research grant may lead to healthier children

Paula Peters and Sandy Procter will lead a seven-state research effort to improve children’s food choices and health and reduce obesity with a five-year research grant, valued at $4,500,652, from USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture.

HMD wins $1.6 million food safety grant to start research center

Using an interdisciplinary team of Kansas State University experts and leadership from department of hospitality management and dietetics faculty, the newly-funded Center of Excellence for Food Safety Research in Child Nutrition Programs will conduct food safety research that impacts child nutrition programs across the United States.

Schwartz, Sauer say new dietary guidelines realistic, dietetics program echoes strategies

Roni Schwartz, who teaches the next generation of dietitians at K-State, praised the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans released recently: “The report offers a pragmatic look at how we can make inroads into improving health…and make it sustainable.”

Kathy Walsten’s legacy: cookin’ kids, healthier families

“I just want people to cook.” Kathy Walsten summarized her mission as she sorted through 17 years worth of files on the day before she retired from the Department of Human Nutrition. Recycle bins overflowed. Personal mementos dotted the walls. Stacks of papers perched on every flat surface.

Early childhood teachers from China to visit KSU, Flint Hills

Bronwyn Fees is determined to plant Kansas in the hearts and minds of Chinese preschoolers. How? By putting on a show for 24 early childhood teachers and faculty at South China Normal University from China.

Stone House children exchange art with Chinese children

Preschoolers at Stone House, the Ruth Hoeflin Early Education Center on the K-State, became pen pals of sorts with preschoolers in China. But since most 3 to 5 year olds can’t write letters, they exchanged art.

Dietetic interns head north to Alaska

Kelcii Peck and Chelsi Thissen will be dietetic interns for the Nutrition and Health Summercise with the Norton Sound Health Corporation in Nome, Alaska, this summer.

Tantrums in public places? Establish who’s boss

The golden rule for parents: set reasonable expectations and to stick to your guns when enforcing them, advises Chuck Smith, expert in child development and professor in family studies and human services.